Passports required for MEXICO and BERMUDA?

[seasonedtraveler]

Looking at booking a cruise for a friend and her family to either the Mexican Riviera or Bermuda and wondered if they'd have to go get passports or not ---money is tight for them, so if they are able to avoid this extra expense, that'd be great...THANKS!

[Capt_BJ]

when the rules change the issue will not be getting into MX or BD

 

it will be getting BACK into the US.....

 

and the clock is running....

[dkjretired]

I believe Dec. 31 is the date when passports are required so anyone starting their travel prior to that and ending it after Dec. 31 will be required to have passports.

[spookwife]

Passports are good for ten years, so if they break down the cost per year it's a good deal. And DKJ is correct.. any cruise ending after 31 December 2006 a passport is required.

 

in 2007 we will need them to go into Mexico and Canada by land as well. Might as well bite the bullet now, because the closer we get to the end of the year, the longer it will take to get them back, since everyone will be rushing to get them.

[spookwife]

dbl post

[kitty9]

If they are cruising in 2006, no passport is required. But, if they are looking at a 2006 holiday cruise, that ends Jan 1, 2007 or later, they will need passports. For any trips outside the US, be it Mexico, Caribbean, Canada or Bermuda/Bahamas, passports will be required of every US citizen starting Jan 1, 2007.